Attaching a class to multiple library symbols

Hello again,
I'm so grateful for the help I've gotten so far!
Here's the situation: I wrote a class called ButtonGlow in
ButtonGlow.as. I made a movieclip with the "Base class:" of
"flash.display.MovieClip" and the "Class:" of "ButtonGlow". This
actually works!
Then I created a 2nd button on the stage. I right-clicked on
that to enter the linkage information, but it would not let me
enter "ButtonGlow"
The error is:
Please enter a unique class name that is not associated with
other library symbols
I thought that was the purpose of making a class
I can't imagine making all my buttons in AS, because they are
graphics and I have to see them together. Doing it all in AS is
like doing it blind.
I would appreciate any insight from the Wise Ones.

Hello,
Can you upload the .fla so that I check?
Henri
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> Hello again,
>
> I'm so grateful for the help I've gotten so far!
>
> Here's the situation: I wrote a class called ButtonGlow
in ButtonGlow.as.
> I
> made a movieclip with the "Base class:" of
"flash.display.MovieClip" and
> the
> "Class:" of "ButtonGlow". This actually works!
>
> Then I created a 2nd button on the stage. I
right-clicked on that to enter
> the
> linkage information, but it would not let me enter
"ButtonGlow"
> The
> error is:
>
> Please enter a unique class name that is not associated
with other
> library symbols
>
> I thought that was the purpose of making a class
>
> I can't imagine making all my buttons in AS, because
they are graphics and
> I
> have to see them together. Doing it all in AS is like
doing it blind.
>
> I would appreciate any insight from the Wise Ones.
>

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